How About a Gigapixel Digital Camera?

Posted by michael on Friday September 10, 2004 @02:31AM from the eye-spy dept.

vcullen writes "Ever wondered where digital cameras will end up? What about a 1 Gigapixel digital camera? It would certainly beat the latest array of new digital cameras - the biggest of which only has an 8.2MP sensor! The 1 Gig Digital Camera might not quite fit in your pocket but the thought of it does make one's mind spin a little. The European Space Agency is building this massive camera (actually it's made from 170 cameras) for its Gaia space telescope, due for launch in 2010. Why? They want to map the entire universe 'down to a resolution one million times fainter than the human eye can see.'"

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Pixels don't matter by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-10 02:46 · Score: 4, Insightful

All that matters is the lens. By Allah, an 8.2MP camera with a quality nikon lens is better than a 1GP pixel camera with a plastic lens. When will people learn?
What are you talking about, 8mps? by AllMightyPaul · 2004-09-10 03:46 · Score: 4, Interesting

You can already get 14 megapixel cameras from Kodak. And as other people have said, the pixels aren't important, it's the sensor and the lenses you use.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/kodakdcs14n/